Wow, that sounds like a weird one! The one thought I have is to see if you can thread a needle & thread (the biggest that will go) through the agraffe, wet the thread/string, and run scrub it back and forth, and then dry it real well. Maybe there is not enough clearance to get a thread through - but maybe there is. Coffee usually comes off a smooth surface pretty easy with just water. Good luck! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Ryan" <pryan2@the-beach.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:55 PM Subject: Coffee in piano > Dear List, > > A client whose piano I service, spilled a cup of coffee into the action of > the piano. The action was cleaned up pretty well, but some of the notes > involved later started to turn into a "thudding" sound. After ruling out > the hammers as the culprits, I found the problem to be in the agraffes. Some > of the coffee must have stopped up the holes in the agraffes. Not having > any cleaning materials with me (It's on a cruise ship), I left it for next > time. Question: Is there a good chemical solvent that will easily disolve > this congestion without doing additional damage? Is this a common problem > with spills? It's new to me. > > Phil Ryan > Miami Beach >
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